The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Evans
of Richwoods died during holiday week.

Mr. Benj. Roodhouse, president of the agricultural board, has been quite ill,
but is now rapidly improving.

The remaining personal property in the Samuel Thomas estate will be sold at the
homestead on the 15th inst.

Various are the stories told of the effects of the unusual weather. One is
that a snake, three feet long, was killed in the road east of Carrollton on the
3d inst.

Do not let the noise of our machinery deter you from coming in and settling.
We are too busy to call on our customers, and will have to ask them to call on
us.

A Mrs. Tucker, about four miles southeast of Whitehall, was killed last
Saturday, by the falling of a tree in the fierce wind. She was occupying a
woodchopper’s tent.

It is believed that more damage has been sustained by citizens of this county,
on account of the high winds of Saturday last, than was ever previously known to
occur from the same cause.

Mr. John Smith, better known as California Smith, died on New Year’s day, at his
residence near Hickory Grove. There will be a sale of his personal effects
on the 12th inst.

A young man named Allen Taylor, living at Sheffield, attempted suicide recently,
by taking strychnine, but the doctors saved him. This is the third attempt
he has made on his life.

A three year old son of Mr. John G. Pronger, who resides on the farm of Mr.
David Stith in North Richwoods, chopped off three fingers of his right hand
“with his little hatchet,” during Christmas week.

Many of our friends have called promptly to settle up, and nearly all have
spoken words of good cheer. Our books still show very many small sums due
us, which, in the aggregate, foot up in a large amount.

We have some wise farmers who are on the side of the sheep, and many more who
affirm for the dog. The depredations of the latter continue to be such
that it is decidedly unprofitable to raise and protect the former. There
should be a speedy compromise between the two parties.

Township Histories

Present
Township Names

Township name
changes

Athensville

Bluffdale

Carrollton

Kane

Linder

Patterson

Rockbridge

Roodhouse

Rubicon

Walkerville

White Hall

Woodville

Wrights

Athensville= was Mt. Airy
Patterson = was North Western
Rockbridge= was Sheffield
Rubicon= was Greenfield
Wrights= was Providence